Japan's "Michaelangelo": Ishikawa Uncho at Juni Shrine, Kamo, Niigata

For more on Ishikawa, see here.

Chorus of Peepers

 Rice fields just outside, recently irrigated and planted, so the frogs have moved in. 

Downhill from Tsuchikura to Otani, Mt. Awa in Distance

 

Spring Green, and a Bush Warbler

 

Pottering Pics

 Jyuuni Shrine, at top, which houses two wooden  statues by the "Michaelangelo of Echigo", Ishikawa Uncho, unfortunately locked.

Rice field and temple in Tsuchikura

Row of trees supporting horizontal bars for drying sheaves of rice in Otani

Kamo River

All photos taken in Nanatani "Seven Valleys" area of Kamo City, Niigata

More Satoyama Sights in Kamo, Niigata

 

Valley in Nanatani, Kamo

 Wind, the occasional bird, frogs, fields awaiting planting